A polymerase chain reaction protocol for the detection of Xanthomonas albilineans, the causal agent of sugarcane leaf scald disease

Plant Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Pan, Y B ^a   Grisham, M P ^a   Burner, D M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ALBILINEANS;

EID: 0031030051     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.2.189     Document Type: Article

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